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Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa visits the Middle East from 4-6.
Minister Kang leaves Korea on the night of the 3rd and arrives in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on the 4th. Here, he will attend the 16th Manama Dialogue co-sponsored by the Government of Bahrain and the International Institute for Strategic Affairs (IISS), giving a speech on the theme of ‘Global Governance under Corona 19’.
The Manama Dialogue is a major international security forum that goes hand in hand with the Shangri-La Asia Dialogue and the Munich Security Conference in Europe. Since 2004, important figures from the field of diplomacy and defense from the Middle East, the United States and Europe have attended each year.
According to an official from the Foreign Ministry, “In the past, the organizers only sent invitations to Korea, but this time, due to K’s high quarantine status, it was a success after requesting that Minister Kang should attend.”
Minister Kang is scheduled to meet foreign ministers from various Middle Eastern countries during the two-day, one-night program in Manama.
In particular, the recent assassination of a nuclear scientist in Iran and Iran, one of the parties involved, and the Israeli side, who are blamed for the incident, do not attend, but it seems that it will be an opportunity to read the atmosphere of the situation. of the Middle East of the attending neighbors.
Then, Minister Kang will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 5th to meet with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Furthermore, he plans to visit the Dubai EXPO site, which is scheduled for next year, to inspect the Korea Pavilion under construction and meet Lin Vint Ibrahim al Hashmi, Minister of International Cooperation and President of the Dubai EXPO.
The UAE is carrying out cooperation projects with the ROK in many fields, including nuclear power plants, energy, food security, quarantine, defense and defense, and has actively entered the Korean people even in the early days of the outbreak of corona 19. It is also the first country the foreign minister entered Korea after the coronavirus.
A Foreign Ministry official said: “At the beginning of the coronavirus, when we exported 5 million domestic test kits, a high-ranking official said, ‘We owe the future generation of the United Arab Emirates,’ and recently signed 12 million. of national kits “. The corporation plans to place an order for $ 12 million next year. “
It is also considered important to get the prior support of the United Arab Emirates, the host country of next year’s Expo, to host the Busan Expo, which has been organized with a host committee aimed at holding it in 2030.
Minister Kang will also return home on the 7th after 1 night and 2 days in the UAE.
